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11 May 2010
Modern perception of corruption (express survey)

Rights & Prosperity international public organization has conducted an express survey, the goal of which was to study current level of perception of and tolerance to corruption in communities.

16 March 2010
Meeting on establishment of Public Chamber

Meeting with participants of training sessions on “Public governance”, heads of mahalla committees and active rural citizens was conducted on March 16 this year.

13 March 2010
Power to the people, governance for the welfare of vulnerable groups of population

Educational training on “Public governance” was conducted on March 10-12 this year in Rudaki region.

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Establishment of Departments of Children’s Rights in Khatlon District

20 August 2009

On 20 August the international public organization Rights & Prosperity took part in a workshop hosted by local authorities of Khatlon District. The overall goal of the event was to evaluate the process of rehabilitation of local Departments on the rights of the child in Khatlon area. Chairmen of the Commission on the Rights of the Child Gafurova Mairambi said that according to the decision by the head of the district, new departments were set up in the area to deal with children’s rights. Each department consists of 4 officers – head of the department, senior specialist, leading specialist and specialist.

According to the participants, the process of establishment of these departments is conducted in a quite irregular manner. This is basically connected with lack of financial and technical resources. Currently, UNICEF in cooperation with the Government of Tajikistan provide consultative and financial support to the Commission on the Rights of the Child for Khatlon District. Project Coordinator from UNICEF, Mr F. Lutfulloev told about future plans of cooperation between UNICEF and the Government of Tajikistan.

Rights and Prosperity focused on the improvement of skills and potential of workers of local departments on the rights of the child. Currently, most specialists from these departments have no experience in the given field. Despite wide competence of the Commission, lack of related knowledge leads to the situation when local officials do not use their rights to protect children’s rights. Apart from legal knowledge, local officials lack related skills in planning, drawing up programs on protection of children’s rights and fundraising. However, a number of local departments on the rights of the child have positive experience in planning and implementation of programs aimed to protect children’s rights with support from international donors.

Director of the Child Rights Center told the participants about the center’s girls support program. Currently, the program covers Dushanbe and provides psychological and relevant support to girls at the age of 10-18 – victims of human trafficking, violence or prostitution. Any information about children of that category can be informed via the trust phone 231-11-11.

According to the participants, such events are very useful in terms of share of experience, consultations and elaboration of joint decisions for coordination of activity with related structures dealing with children’s rights.